Shirley

1. **Memaw's Creative Writing Corner** //for elementary school teachers// //[|http://web.tampabay.rr.com/memawscorne/Journal%20Writing.htm]// //This site is a great resource for writing because it has templates for poetry and many different writing prompts. I especially like the first day of school prompts which I plan to use for a great start to the school year.// //2.**National Elementary Schools Press Association** http://www.nespa.org/hints.htm This is a good resource because it has links to information on e-pals, pen pals and virtual field trips, as well as grant information. This will be a good place to start when I have basic ideas that I need help in implementing. I especially like the idea of publishing a class newspaper. 3.**Zwolle Elementary School**// writing across the curriculum http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/writing/default.htm This site is awesome! The resource links are numerous. One of the links allows you to create stationary and customize lined paper for final publishing of handwritten papers. The lengthy list of helpful resources will be very helpful. 4. **CanTeach** http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html Over one-hundred prompts are listed on this page. There are no links to sort through. All prompts are on the initial page. 5. **Picture Books to Teach Narrative and Six Trait Writing** http://geocities.com/oberry1790/narrativebibliography.htm This link gives suggestions for literature to use in the teaching of writing. Lists are separated to support different categories of the Six Trait Writing process. I will use this resource to find good read aloud books that will lead to good writing lessons. This will help me tie reading and writing together.
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If you could make a sandwich any way you wish, would you build it with some kind of cheese, peanut butter, or tuna fish? Would you load it up with vegetables piled really tall, or cut off all the crust to make yours very small? Would you use three kinds of meat and bread that is very fancy, or slather it with dressing flavored kind of Ranchy? Would you douse it in a bunch of catsup and use mayo to embellish, or smear it with a smidge of mustard and a bit of relish? Perhaps you like pastrami on rye or turkey on sour dough. To design the perfect sandwich you’re the only one who’d know. My perfect sandwich may not be the same as any others’ and yours may not be like mine, your father’s or your mother’s. So write a detailed recipe with all the things you wish, include all the best ingredients to make your favorite dish. Written by Shirley Crosby I will use this prompt for my third grade class because this will be something they all have in common. Everyone has to eat. While it hits a common thread it will also show them that different is okay. Having the list from brainstorming will help the struggling students to be successful. If time allows students could use construction paper and paper plates to make their sandwich on a plate and publish the recipe with art on a bulletin board.
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 * 1.)** Read the book “Sam’s Sandwich” by David Pelham To the class. Then brainstorm all the things you could put on a sandwich. Put items in groups (Breads, meats, vegetables, condiments....) Have students take out their journals to prepare for a writing assignment. Finally read the writing prompt to them as they try to imagine their favorite sandwich.
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http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability? Also ask "What would you see?" & "How do you think it would make you feel?" This is a good prompt for my third grade class because many children need practice pretending. Children have access to so many toys and videos that they no longer use their imaginations as they once did. This is important because we need people who can use their imaginations to dream up new inventions.
 * 2.)** Read a book about The Wright Brothers and talk about the first airplanes before presenting the prompt.
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Think of a time when you tattled to a friend and made them feel bad. Change the names to fictional characters and write a story about it. This will be a good prompt for my third grade class because students at this level of development are just beginning to learn about their own ability to manipulate their peers. At this stage they begin to feel greater importance in having friends and fitting in. This will help them think introspectively and will hopefully teach them to have compassion for others.
 * 3.)** Read the book “Armadillo Tattletale” by Helen Ketteman to the class and discuss how tattletales make people feel.
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